textual records
ARCH276124
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20 files - Group contains office records from Arthur Erickson Architectural Corporation and Aitken & Wregelsworth Associates, where Arthur Erickon worked as design consultant. Includes: Bob Williams; Ex Staff; Bankruptcy Letters; Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver Art Gallery, correspondence (business, reference and some persona)l; Project Proposals (old AEAC); files on current, potential and future projects; Environment - a file related to the Clayoquot Sound protests in 1993.
1990-2000
Correspondence and proposals from Erickson's office
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ARCH276124
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20 files - Group contains office records from Arthur Erickson Architectural Corporation and Aitken & Wregelsworth Associates, where Arthur Erickon worked as design consultant. Includes: Bob Williams; Ex Staff; Bankruptcy Letters; Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver Art Gallery, correspondence (business, reference and some persona)l; Project Proposals (old AEAC); files on current, potential and future projects; Environment - a file related to the Clayoquot Sound protests in 1993.
textual records
1990-2000
Dream Houses, Toy Homes
Through selections from the CCA’s collection of architectural toys and games, including 33 European and North American architectural toys dating from the early nineteenth century to 1995, Dream Houses, Toy Homes examines the notions of home, childhood, play, gender, and learning. The exhibition uncovers the potential of toys to embody images and ideas of domestic(...)
Dream Houses, Toy Homes
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Through selections from the CCA’s collection of architectural toys and games, including 33 European and North American architectural toys dating from the early nineteenth century to 1995, Dream Houses, Toy Homes examines the notions of home, childhood, play, gender, and learning. The exhibition uncovers the potential of toys to embody images and ideas of domestic(...)
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BAA/LHA/North
AP144.S2.D65
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File documents several commissions undertaken for the British Airports Authority for the re-development of the north side of Heathrow Airport, in Hillingdon, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, with respect to the revision of BAA's Master Development Plan. Cedric Price was commissioned to present proposals for the redevelopment of the site, and for an office block, a computer center, and a boiler house. Existing conditions materials for the site include plans of the airport, plans showing height limitations, flight, and landing paths, a regional survey, aerial photographs, and a photographic panorama of the site. Existing conditions materials for the office block include site plans. Diagrammatic sketches show the relationship between various "activity" zones. Design development drawings and reprographic copies for the site include alternate site plans, site plans charting sound levels, and project progress charts. Plans show traffic flow and growth patterns, area usage, height restrictions, and potential long-term uses for the site. Design development drawings for the office block include a preliminary structural scheme, alternate office layouts, axonometric drawings, plans, sections and diagrams for the lift, graphs showing parking ratios, a diagrammatic section and grid for a parking layout, and plans, sections and diagrams for the parking structure and building entrances. Axonometric drawings show volumetric comparisons for areas designated for computers and their use. Material for the boiler house consists of two existing conditions plans, a location diagram, and an axonometric drawing. Cedric Price produced two reports for the British Airport Authority. Material from this file was published in Price, Cedric. 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 43. Material in this file was produced between 1963 and 1970. Douglas Smith, of Baker Wilkins & Smith, is Cedric Price's quantity surveyor on this project; Margaret Maxwell is the landscape consultant hired by BAA; and Zisman, Bowyer & Partners is the firm of consulting engineers hired by BAA. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drwings, reference drawings, presentation drawings, photographic materials, and textual records.
1963-1970
BAA/LHA/North
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AP144.S2.D65
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File documents several commissions undertaken for the British Airports Authority for the re-development of the north side of Heathrow Airport, in Hillingdon, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, with respect to the revision of BAA's Master Development Plan. Cedric Price was commissioned to present proposals for the redevelopment of the site, and for an office block, a computer center, and a boiler house. Existing conditions materials for the site include plans of the airport, plans showing height limitations, flight, and landing paths, a regional survey, aerial photographs, and a photographic panorama of the site. Existing conditions materials for the office block include site plans. Diagrammatic sketches show the relationship between various "activity" zones. Design development drawings and reprographic copies for the site include alternate site plans, site plans charting sound levels, and project progress charts. Plans show traffic flow and growth patterns, area usage, height restrictions, and potential long-term uses for the site. Design development drawings for the office block include a preliminary structural scheme, alternate office layouts, axonometric drawings, plans, sections and diagrams for the lift, graphs showing parking ratios, a diagrammatic section and grid for a parking layout, and plans, sections and diagrams for the parking structure and building entrances. Axonometric drawings show volumetric comparisons for areas designated for computers and their use. Material for the boiler house consists of two existing conditions plans, a location diagram, and an axonometric drawing. Cedric Price produced two reports for the British Airport Authority. Material from this file was published in Price, Cedric. 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 43. Material in this file was produced between 1963 and 1970. Douglas Smith, of Baker Wilkins & Smith, is Cedric Price's quantity surveyor on this project; Margaret Maxwell is the landscape consultant hired by BAA; and Zisman, Bowyer & Partners is the firm of consulting engineers hired by BAA. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drwings, reference drawings, presentation drawings, photographic materials, and textual records.
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1963-1970
textual records
ARCH276270
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46 files - Group contains subject and project files, many relating to Arthur Erickson Architectural Corporation, Vancouver. Files are arranged alphabetically (D-Z) and include: Dance Center; Ferris, MO; Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation; Greater Vancouver Transportation Centre; Hangzhou; I.A.A.; Iraq claim; Indonesia; Keller; Kitimat; Kirkor Architects; Kuwait; Michigan House; NATO; PEMB; Photographers; Potential Projects; Proposals; Qatar; Qui, Kang; Qui, Jiang; Presentations; Robson Revitalization; Saudi Embassy, Ottawa; SFU Housing; Silverlink; Sitkum Loidge, Victoria; Stichler; Stockton & Bush; Streetcars; Social Correspondence; Technical info; "New Modernist Group" - Richard Snibbe; Tokyo Embassy; Transvision; UBC Pres. Committee; University of Guelph; U.S. Immigration - Arthur; Walter/Mills Residence; Wang, A; Washington Chancery; Zecha Holdings.
1983-2001
Correspondence, project files from Erickson's office
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ARCH276270
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46 files - Group contains subject and project files, many relating to Arthur Erickson Architectural Corporation, Vancouver. Files are arranged alphabetically (D-Z) and include: Dance Center; Ferris, MO; Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation; Greater Vancouver Transportation Centre; Hangzhou; I.A.A.; Iraq claim; Indonesia; Keller; Kitimat; Kirkor Architects; Kuwait; Michigan House; NATO; PEMB; Photographers; Potential Projects; Proposals; Qatar; Qui, Kang; Qui, Jiang; Presentations; Robson Revitalization; Saudi Embassy, Ottawa; SFU Housing; Silverlink; Sitkum Loidge, Victoria; Stichler; Stockton & Bush; Streetcars; Social Correspondence; Technical info; "New Modernist Group" - Richard Snibbe; Tokyo Embassy; Transvision; UBC Pres. Committee; University of Guelph; U.S. Immigration - Arthur; Walter/Mills Residence; Wang, A; Washington Chancery; Zecha Holdings.
textual records
1983-2001
archives
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CD033
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The Aldo Cibic Microrealities project collection primarily consists of presentation materials, publications and born digital materials, like videos and photographs, by Aldo Cibic produced between 2003 and 2008 for the project “Microrealities”.
2003-2008
Aldo Cibic Microrealities project collection
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CD033
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The Aldo Cibic Microrealities project collection primarily consists of presentation materials, publications and born digital materials, like videos and photographs, by Aldo Cibic produced between 2003 and 2008 for the project “Microrealities”.
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2003-2008
Curatorial practice as it emerged during the twentieth century is no doubt being extensively recast. The tremendous change in the status of the object, of culture, of the various disciplines, or information and education, implies an inevitable transformation of the curator’s role and competences. A renewed interest for curatorial practice has emerged within the field of(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
11 November 2010 to 13 November 2010
The CCA in an Expanding Curatorial Field
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Curatorial practice as it emerged during the twentieth century is no doubt being extensively recast. The tremendous change in the status of the object, of culture, of the various disciplines, or information and education, implies an inevitable transformation of the curator’s role and competences. A renewed interest for curatorial practice has emerged within the field of(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Series
AP184.S1
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Series 1, Three Dimensional Trading Floor, 1990 - 2009, relates to Asymptote Architecture’s design of a virtualized NYSE Trading Floor that visualized real-time numerical and statistical data. This series includes textual, born-digital, and audiovisual components, as well as digital artefacts, and chiefly dates from 1997 to 2002. The intent of the New York Stock Exchange Three Dimensional Trading Floor (3DTF) was to detect suspicious trading activity, track the impact of global news events on the market and potentially predict a crash before it happened. In order to achieve this technically, Asymptote worked with Silicon Graphics Incorporated (SGI) RealityEngine hardware which had been built specifically for these visualization-intensive applications. They also worked with Softimage and Alias software for modeling, rendering and animating, and VRML (Virtual Reality Markup Language) and Macromedia Flash in order to integrate real-time data into a navigable three-dimensional environment. The main elements of the virtual environment include posts, containers, and back wall. The two container types, Index Container (IC) and Group Container (GC), allow for visualization and comparison of stock histories and behaviors. The posts display stock information, corresponding heat maps on floors, and alerts. The back wall integrates live news broadcasts. Materials in this series are largely digital and primarily include still raster images and video demonstrating 3DTF functionality. There is also a small body of CAD material in Maya, Alias, Microstation, and Form-Z formats. Other digital materials include Virtual Reality Markup Language (VRML) files, HTML files, Silicon Graphics Images databases, research material, press kits, presentations, and handout files. The textual records are largely materials that were handed out at presentation meetings for each phase of the project. These typically illustrate major virtual components of 3DTF, like the heat maps and posts, and overlap significantly with the related digital files. There is also one VHS tape which compiles nearly twenty minutes of animated renderings. Finally, this series includes 43 CDs. The CDs were processed and are included as part of the digital records; the CDs themselves were kept in instances where they may have artefactual value, especially if they were visually interesting or informationally important.
1990-2009
Three Dimensional Trading Floor
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AP184.S1
Description:
Series 1, Three Dimensional Trading Floor, 1990 - 2009, relates to Asymptote Architecture’s design of a virtualized NYSE Trading Floor that visualized real-time numerical and statistical data. This series includes textual, born-digital, and audiovisual components, as well as digital artefacts, and chiefly dates from 1997 to 2002. The intent of the New York Stock Exchange Three Dimensional Trading Floor (3DTF) was to detect suspicious trading activity, track the impact of global news events on the market and potentially predict a crash before it happened. In order to achieve this technically, Asymptote worked with Silicon Graphics Incorporated (SGI) RealityEngine hardware which had been built specifically for these visualization-intensive applications. They also worked with Softimage and Alias software for modeling, rendering and animating, and VRML (Virtual Reality Markup Language) and Macromedia Flash in order to integrate real-time data into a navigable three-dimensional environment. The main elements of the virtual environment include posts, containers, and back wall. The two container types, Index Container (IC) and Group Container (GC), allow for visualization and comparison of stock histories and behaviors. The posts display stock information, corresponding heat maps on floors, and alerts. The back wall integrates live news broadcasts. Materials in this series are largely digital and primarily include still raster images and video demonstrating 3DTF functionality. There is also a small body of CAD material in Maya, Alias, Microstation, and Form-Z formats. Other digital materials include Virtual Reality Markup Language (VRML) files, HTML files, Silicon Graphics Images databases, research material, press kits, presentations, and handout files. The textual records are largely materials that were handed out at presentation meetings for each phase of the project. These typically illustrate major virtual components of 3DTF, like the heat maps and posts, and overlap significantly with the related digital files. There is also one VHS tape which compiles nearly twenty minutes of animated renderings. Finally, this series includes 43 CDs. The CDs were processed and are included as part of the digital records; the CDs themselves were kept in instances where they may have artefactual value, especially if they were visually interesting or informationally important.
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1990-2009
books
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277 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), plans ; 30 cm
Tōkyō : Ē ando Yū, 1989.
The potential house / Henry Plummer = Kanōsei no jūtaku /Henrii Puramā.
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277 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), plans ; 30 cm
books
Tōkyō : Ē ando Yū, 1989.
books
ZURICH TRIEST 2019.
books
ZURICH TRIEST 2019.
books
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115 pages: illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Montréal (Quebec), Canada : Potential Architecture Books, 2019.
Du potentiel du didactisme en architecture / sous la direction de Carmela Cucuzzella et Cynthia I. Hammond = On the potential of didacticism in architecture / edited by Carmela Cucuzzella and Cynthia I. Hammond.
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115 pages: illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
books
Montréal (Quebec), Canada : Potential Architecture Books, 2019.